turning now to the recovery from superstorm sandy. nearly two weeks after the storm, new jersey governor chris christie said he expects nearly all the power to be restored statewide by tonight. but some 151,000 hose holds across new york are still without power. cnn national correspond susan candiotti is in a long island town where people are doing what they can to survive until their power comes back. >> reporter: i'm in the town of hempstead, long island, new york, where a make shift help center is set up to give residen residents things to get them through this crisis, water, clothing, they have pet food here, baby supplies, everything to help people get through this mess. one of the people that is helping out who is also a victim is jim. jim, you work for the parks department here. your house was flooded. how are you getting through this? >> it's not easy, believe me. it's not easy. >> reporter: what's the hardest part? >> the hardest part is the cold weather and not able to see my kids. i had to put my kids out with family member